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Work for the Lord Sunday School Lesson

The Israelites Build the Tabernacle - The Israelites used their talents and wealth to build a temple for God. God gives everyone special abilities and wants us to use our talents to work for him. God wants us to work hard at whatever we are doing, not for the praise of men, but of the Lord. The following Crafts and Activities come from the Sunday School Lesson, "Work for the Lord" on The Resource Room

Talk About Work

Ask your children what jobs their parents have. Ask them what they would like to do when they grow up.

Make a Craft Stick Picture of the Ark of the Covenant

1. A pattern for this craft is available to members of The Resource Room.

2. In class have your children glue the craft sticks on the paper. Then glue on some gold trim to finish.

If you have preschool children or don't have the mini craft stick, you can use this easier pattern. This activity sheet only uses the jumbo and regular-sized craft sticks. A pattern for this craft is available to members of The Resource Room.

Make a Replica of the Ark of the Covenant (Older Children)

1. Paint a small box, inside and out, with gold paint. Paint craft sticks gold and then glue them to the box to make the poles.

2. Print out the angel patterns or draw angels or onto gold paper, cut them out, and then glue them onto the top of the "ark". A pattern for this craft is available to members of The Resource Room.

3. Glue gold trim around the top of the box.

4. Make the Ten Commandment tablets out of white clay, and the bowl out of gold Fimo clay, and place them in the box. Place a small stick in the box to represent Aaron's rod. For more information about the Ark of the Covenant go to this page http://www.domini.org/tabern/arkcovnt.htm

Play "Important Jobs" Charades Game

Place your children into teams of twos and give each child a piece of paper with a description of the work being performed. Let the teams take turns acting out the scene and have the other children guess what they are doing. Remind your children that they can't say anything while they are acting. (If you have very young children, have older children or adults act out the scenarios and let the children guess what they are doing.)

Note: My first grade class did an excellent job on acting out the jobs and guessing what they were. I gave them a few ideas of what they could do before they started.

Work for the Lord Color Sheets

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"Let it Shine!" Paper Plate Craft

What you will need:

Lunch-size Paper Plates

Yellow Cupcake Liners

Construction Paper

Glue Sticks

Crayons and/or Water Color Paint

Scissors

Markers

How to Make:

1. To make the candle holder cut a paper plate in half and them cut a sliver off the bottom to make it flat as shown in the picture. Use the other half of the paper plate to make the handle. Color and then paint the paper plate candle holder.

2. Cut the candle and flame shape from construction paper.

3. Flatten a cupcake liner and glue it to a piece of black construction paper.

4. Glue the flame and candle shape over the cupcake holder liner as shown in the picture.

5. Glue the paper plate "candle holder" on top and write "Let it Shine!" on the candle holder.